A rusty wine glass appeared in the bright valley, bringing an ancient atmosphere to this green land.
Mountains and rivers flow, and vegetation flourishes!
Geological changes one after another have turned the sea into mulberry fields!
The immortal rocks turned into dust in the long wind, the mountains touching the sky became basins, and the peaks standing like swords also disappeared in the thunder and tremors.
Time passes.
In that era when the vicissitudes of life have not yet begun and the thunder and tremors have not yet appeared, the ancient wine cup has not yet been rusted.
Under the dim candlelight, the dense and complicated patterns bear witness to its brilliance.
The brand-new bronze exudes an attractive luster, and when it falls on the stone table, it makes a unique metallic clanking sound.
"Sir, this is the wine glass for this banquet. Please take a look."
In the dimly lit room, the guards from Xianyang Imperial City spoke respectfully.
A slender man was sitting not far away.
He was wearing a black robe, with a handsome face, and his black eyes were as calm as ancient pools. Just sitting here gave people a great pressure.
Zhao Tuo picked up the wine glass, looked at it carefully, and nodded lightly.
"Yes, the pattern is dense and the texture is fine. For banquets, this is the standard."
Looking at the guard kneeling on the ground, Zhao Tuo asked: "If I want you to prepare 600 wine glasses like this, how long will it take?"
"Your Majesty, these wine glasses are all made by the skilled craftsmen of Xianyang Palace. If we gather them all, fifteen days will be enough." The guard said respectfully.
"Fifteen days, that's fine, go get ready quickly." Zhao Tuo waved his hand.
"Yes." The guard turned and left respectfully.
After the guards left, Zhao Tuo took out a roll of bamboo slips and silently unfolded them.
On this bamboo slip, all the processes and expenses from the beginning of the feast are recorded.
After writing the word "wine cup" on it, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but calculate all the expenses and expenses during the casting ceremony.
Then he rubbed his brows helplessly.
"The cost is really a bit high."
With a sigh, Zhao Tuo came to the window and looked at Taihua Mountain in the distance.
Even though it was already midnight, Taihua Mountain in the distance was still brightly lit.
Countless workers are busy working on the mountain.
In Taihua in February, the cold has not faded away.
The strong wind roared, and the torches burned with difficulty in the strong wind.
It has been four months since the grand ceremony officially broke ground.
The construction process went surprisingly smoothly.
Although a few spies would occasionally pop up on the way to inquire, most of them would not interfere. Occasionally, a few blind people would come and try to interfere with the celebration construction, but after he hung up the heads of those few people, After reaching the foot of Mount Taihua, no one came to disturb us.
In the past four months, these workers have changed several batches.
The severe cold in winter and the continuous work made it impossible for the workers to work for too long.
In order to catch up with the progress, the king has mobilized tens of thousands of people from all over the country to come here.
Nowadays, workers in Taihua will get half a day of rest every time they work for half a day.
The two groups of workers exchanged work back and forth, day and night.
Coupled with the efforts of many Qi practitioners from the Fengqing Sect, even though it was the twelfth lunar month of winter and the wind and frost were biting, the main body and buildings of the grand ceremony and banquet on Taihua Mountain had mostly been completed.
We did encounter a lot of difficulties when building all this at the beginning.
For example, the terrain of Taihua is steep, with countless mountains standing like swords. There is no place to stand, let alone build buildings.
This is especially true for Taihua Mountain, one of the main peaks.
A bare mountain range stands like a rock sword standing between the sky and the earth. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to build many celebration buildings on it.
In order to solve this problem, the craftsmen, with the help of many practitioners from Fengqing Sect, laid mature iron pillars on Taihua.
Each of these iron pillars is more than half a meter wide and more than ten meters long, and they are nailed horizontally to the cliff like a cliff.
With the help of these iron pillars, craftsmen lowered ropes and carved a one-meter-wide path up the mountain.
This road twists and turns, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. In order to prevent slipping when stepping in the air, they specially mixed dark black dye on the rocks and covered them.
Moreover, jet-black dragon claws and heads were carved on the rocks near various parts of the mountain road.
Today’s torch lights this path.
The mountain road in the dark night is like a slender flaming dragon, spiraling around the vast mountain. One after another, hard-working people are transporting materials used for many celebrations.
In addition, the black iron rods that were nailed to the mountains were not wasted.
They were nailed deeply into the rock and could not be blown down by the wind. Many Mohist craftsmen from Great Qin used them as foundations and used countless skilled craftsmen to build castles in the air on them.
These palaces are inlaid with precious agates, gems, and glazed bricks, which shine with magnificent colors in the sun.
Especially the top few houses have vaguely touched the clouds!
When the dark clouds cover and the snow falls, it is like a dreamy wonderland, looming!
And in this huge ceremony, the most spectacular thing is not these, but the top banquet and celebration venue!
In order to open a grand ceremony venue on the mountains lined with swords, Zhao Tuo and others thought hard for a long time, and finally decided to lead many practitioners of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and spent a month to directly open the entire top of the mountain. Flattened!
A huge venue with a radius of several hundred meters appeared on the top of Taihua!
On this circular venue, they laid many bronzes and equipment and built a magnificent banquet venue!
All the materials on the venue, whether tables, chairs or many ornaments, are all extremely expensive materials!
After a period of polishing, the main body of the celebration event is almost completely completed!
Zhao Tuo has visited it several times. Standing on the magnificent Taihua Mountain, he can almost see the sea of clouds flowing under his feet and the sky flowing above his head. When night falls, the stars in the sky seem to be within reach!
The magnificent full moon floats in the sea of clouds, the sun rises in the east and reflects the purple light in the sky, and the large swathes of grand ceremony buildings are immersed behind the sea of clouds. This magnificent scene even made Zhao Tuo think that he had arrived at the legendary Heavenly Palace! !
Paradise, heaven and earth, nothing more than this!
“But the cost is really high.”
Gently rubbing his eyebrows, Zhao Tuo sighed helplessly.
Looking at the shocking expenses on the bamboo slips, even if I was mentally prepared, I couldn't help but feel frightened.
"Fortunately, the overall construction has been completed."
"The next step should be to prepare many things for the grand ceremony and banquet."
“Drinks and food are definitely indispensable.”
"There are many beauties who can sing and dance. I heard that there is a musician in Yan State who is quite famous. I wonder if I can invite him to come."
Silently thinking about all this, Zhao Tuo became busy again.
Although the main body of the banquet is almost completed, the remaining month is the highlight.
It is no small task to completely decorate the ceremony venue within this month.
Although Zhao Tuo still doesn't understand why the king built this extremely luxurious banquet, he stubbornly believes that the king must have his reasons for doing so.
As ministers, they just have to do it honestly.
"There is only one month left before the opening of the ceremony, and the production of supplies for the ceremony needs to be put on the agenda. I don't know how many people will come this time."
“We need to speed up some progress.”
Far away in Taihua, Zhao Tuo was busy making preparations, but in Xianyang City, a group of people couldn't sit still.
"Absurd, absolutely ridiculous!"
Xianyang.
Governing Su Neishifu.
An angry roar came from here.
In the huge room, dozens of officials responsible for financial management looked pale, while the official in charge of this issue was grabbing the letter sent by Zhao Tuo, with the corners of his mouth twisted in anger! !
Want more money?
How much have you lost in the past four months?
What on earth is the king going to do with such a huge financial expenditure?
Tens of thousands of workers, countless
What is the purpose of this banquet? Isn't it too grand?
Just breaking through to the spiritual sea realm, is it such an exaggeration?
Is it possible that he really wants to win over the world's talented people at this banquet?
With the memorial approved by Ying Zheng, Zhi Su Neishi did not allocate money directly. Instead, he took the memorial with a gloomy expression and came to the residence of the Prime Minister where Lu Buwei was!
At this time, there were many Daqin officials in the Prime Minister's residence who were discussing many matters.
And looking at the memorial from Zhi Su Neishina, the corners of the mouths of many officials also twitched!
What's happening here?
Why do you need so much expenditure?
Seeing the huge numbers on the memorial, even Lu Buwei frowned slightly!
What exactly does Ying Zheng want to do?
What’s so exciting about this grand ceremony?
Four months have passed since he was invited to the grand ceremony. In these few months, the confrontation between him and Mrs. Huayang has reached a fever pitch!
Faced with the tremendous pressure that Ying Zheng brought to them, both he and Mrs. Huayang were trying their best to win over many officials and powers of the Qin State!
But what puzzled Lu Buwei was that in the face of his and Mrs. Huayang's actions, Ying Zheng had an indifferent attitude from beginning to end, devoting almost all his attention to the convening and preparation of this grand meeting. , let him and Mrs. Huayang recruit talents in Da Qin at will!
No care at all!
This made both Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang frown.
what on earth is it?
Regarding Ying Zheng's abnormal move, Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang, who had suffered a loss, were not fools. Naturally, they sent their own spies to explore and search, trying to find out what Ying Zheng wanted to do.
But no matter how their spies searched, the answer they got was that there was no problem!
What is built on the other side of Mount Taihua is an extremely luxurious event!
Although it costs a lot and requires a lot of labor, there is nothing wrong!
Except for a few more practitioners in the Foundation Establishment Realm, there is nothing unusual!
Not only Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang, but also people from the six countries sent their own spies to search and observe.
But the result is also no problem!
But the more these words are correct, the more uneasy they become for Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang!
After all, Ying Zheng's indifference is really bizarre!
In order to alleviate all this, Mrs. Huayang took the lead and sent her own forces to try to stop Ying Zheng from building the building above Taihua.
The result was Ying Zheng's overwhelming wrath!
He directly mobilized all the power at hand and killed all the Qi Refiners who wanted to cause trouble near Mount Taihua!
You must know that the Qi Refiners sent here this time are all masters!
There is even a peak powerhouse in the eighth level of foundation building!
But even so, he was killed directly near Mount Taihua! !
Seeing this scene, Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang were both surprised!
When did Ying Zheng's men have such strength? !
Faced with all this, Mrs. Huayang naturally couldn't swallow this breath and wanted to fight back and continue to block it.
As a result, at this moment, Lu Buwei took action without saying a word. He silently used his power to occupy most of the site controlled by Mrs. Huayang in Qianzhong County!
Killed more than a dozen of Madam Huayang’s Foundation Establishment Qi Practitioners!
This sudden scene almost made Mrs. Huayang spit out blood!
She turned the spear and also defeated most of Lu Buwei's power in Shangjun!
But this time, Lu Buwei had the upper hand after all. Even if he was chased by Mrs. Huayang afterwards, he still had the advantage!
The battle that was originally evenly matched between the two sides suddenly deviated, and Lu Buwei gained the upper hand!
Seeing this scene, Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang all stopped trying to deal with Ying Zheng and began to focus on seizing power for themselves!
Anyway, it is just a dilapidated building, so let him build it. Even if the construction is successful, what is the use? After all the power in Xianyang is swallowed up by them, what if Ying Zheng can summon the world's talents?
It is destined to be nothing more than a puppet! Can't fight them!
Since then, neither Lu Buwei nor Mrs. Huayang have blocked Ying Zheng's construction.
From then on, Ying Zheng seemed to be possessed, frantically mobilizing all the power at hand to build a grand ceremony above Taihua!
Even in the past few days, Ying Zheng did not even hold court meetings, allowing Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang to hold many meetings in the Zhangtai Palace, blatantly gathering their own power!
Everything seemed to be fine.
But looking at the memorials and reports in his hands, Lu Buwei frowned slightly, feeling that something had been overlooked by him.
What exactly is this festival about?
Why does Ying Zheng pay so much attention to it?
So grand?
Could it be that he was really planning something?
But the situation has become so clear. What other trump card does Ying Zheng have?
"Have you found out where these unknown Foundation Establishment practitioners come from?"
After a long time, Lu Buwei spoke in a deep voice.
"Found it." A guest came forward and said respectfully: "These practitioners are from Fengqing Sect."
"Fengqing Sect?" Lu Buwei had some impressions of this sect. It seemed that they had held an elixir ceremony a few days ago and wanted to practice the elixir, but failed in the end.
"Yes, we specially searched the place where the Fengqingmen Mountain Gate is located, and found that the Fengqingmen had already been deserted. According to calculations, it is very likely that they have all built a grand ceremony on Taihua Mountain."
Hearing this, Lu Buwei laughed and said, "Haha, it took four months to find their origins. You guys did a really good job."
Hearing this, the guest trembled, knelt on the ground, buried his head on the ground, and did not dare to speak.
In fact, Lu Buwei had already launched a search after discovering these Qi practitioners with unknown origins.
But these searches were all carried out at high levels, and they all started in the major cultivation sects of the Seven Kingdoms.
After all, a sect with so many Qi practitioners must be at least a first-class sect, not to mention a top sect.
And in the end, who would have thought that it would be Fengqing Sect, a small and broken sect?
"A sect that can barely qualify as a third-rate sect has so many Foundation Establishment Qi Practitioners. Hehe, he really can hide his clumsiness as well as the King."
Lu Buwei smiled slowly and stroked his beard with one hand. He seemed friendly and approachable, but the coldness in his eyes became more and more gloomy.
Ignoring the shivering diners, Lu Buwei continued to sort out everything, but no matter how he thought about it, he never thought that he had missed anything.
Now that more than 60% of the political power of Great Qin is in his hands, he really can't think of any possibility that Ying Zheng can come back.
"With permission, grant them the finance." After a long time, Lu Buwei said with a smile.
"But..." Zhisu Neishi was a little anxious.
"It's just a little money. This is a good thing. Without the king, we wouldn't have the advantage at this time."
"And as a minister, how can you refuse the king?"
Speaking calmly, Lu Buwei came to the window and slowly opened it.
'Hoo~'
The biting cold wind of winter blew in. Lu Buwei, with white hair floating in his hair, looked at the dimly lit Xianyang Royal City in the distance, tapping his fingers lightly on the wooden table.
Under the dark night, there was a faint smile on the old face, and a cold light flickered in his eyes.
"And I'm also quite curious."
"What kind of medicine is being sold in this gourd, Your Majesty?"
The wind roared.
Almost everyone in Xianyang City knew that a war was inevitable.
Once Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang have completely eroded all the remaining power in Xianyang, a battle will begin.
The king's accession to the throne only accelerated this speed.
This battle may be silent, or it may cause the world to collapse.
But no matter which side wins, it means that Great Qin's national power will be greatly reduced, and it is destined to fall from the strongest throne of the Seven Kingdoms.
Nowadays, many beings in the Six Kingdoms no longer even pay attention to Ying Zheng's celebration in Huashan, but are waiting to see when Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang will finish dividing the power of Qin State and start a complete civil war.
Like a hound that is ready to attack, ready to take action at any time.
Many Qi practitioners affiliated to Da Qin's Star Observatory have been sighing all day long, because since Ying Zheng began to build the celebration, Da Qin's fortune and celestial phenomena have been gradually declining. No matter how they sacrifice and pray, it is of no use. .
Countless officials who were loyal to Da Qin were almost desperate when they saw this scene. Countless advices were ignored by Ying Zheng. They sighed and looked ashen.
Even Wang Jian and Meng Ao, who were originally calm and calm, became a little anxious.
I originally thought that the person who came to the throne this time would be a promising, bright and mighty king who would inherit the last wishes of King Zhaoxiang and King Zhuangxiang and lead the Qin Dynasty to continue to dominate the Seven Kingdoms, but I never thought that it would develop to this extent in the end!
Just breaking through the spiritual sea realm cost so much money!
And he was so overjoyed that he ignored government affairs for more than four months!
Nowadays, the power in the Qin Dynasty has been completely emptied by Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang.
Even their military is constantly being eroded in strength. Most of the military power is already controlled by these two people!
Even among the small half of them, many people have been vaguely shaken!
Within a few days, many of their dead generals came to persuade them, trying to get them to join the camp of Lu Buwei or Mrs. Huayang!
Wang Jian was a little better, he was so angry that he beat these generals out!
"Nonsense!"
"It's just nonsense!"
"My lord, what on earth are you doing?!"
The storm is raging.
Ying Zheng naturally knew everything that was happening outside, but he didn't care too much. He still sat cross-legged in the Hall of Books, silently practicing the Human Emperor Sutra, waiting for the execution of the plan.
And in an unknown mountain forest not too far from Xianyang City, Hongwu and others were indeed strictly implementing Ying Zheng's plan.
'boom! '
'boom! '
'boom! '
Violent noises resounded in the jungle.
Countless birds were awakened from their sleep.
They flapped their wings and fled into the sky in panic, looking angrily at the figures who disturbed their peaceful dreams.
"Shoot quickly! Move ruthlessly!"
"When you take action, remember that you are Qi practitioners now, not fucking big-headed soldiers! Turn your mentality around first!"
"Cultivation can't stop!"
"As long as you are not dead, let me continue to operate the cultivation method! The king gave you the cultivation method, not for you to play house here!!"
A huge voice rose to the sky.
A famous bird landed, and when they got closer, they discovered that there were actually twenty figures here, fighting madly in the quagmire!
These people have bare backs and only wear a pair of tattered trousers. Their muscles under the moonlight are covered with countless scars, entwined with a faint light. Their eyes are sharp and cold. Although they are still young, they can tell that they have experienced countless battles. The soldiers were fighting.
At this time, they were all standing in the deep quagmire, with a faint green glow lingering all over their bodies. They were roaring, attacking fiercely, moving quickly and without mercy!
Facing his former comrades, he was thrown over his shoulder, causing a mud wave several meters high!
He punched his teammate and sent him flying away like a sandbag!
The fresh energy flowing through the body condensed in the palm of the hand and swept out, almost breaking the arms of the friend opposite him with one blow!
"right!!"
"That's it!"
One of the figures standing in the center of the quagmire was as terrifying as a bear. With a single blow, he knocked several figures flying ten meters away. Then he kicked two soldiers who rushed towards him and knocked them away. They were kicked out like sugar-coated haws!
"Give me the momentum to fight on the battlefield!"
Under the night, Hong Wu roared angrily, grabbed a soldier who rushed towards him, and threw him away like a sandbag: "The fighting between Qi practitioners and soldiers is different! Watch how I fight!"
"I will select you from among thousands of armies. If any of you dare to lose face in front of the king in one month, don't blame me for being merciless!"
"Hammer body, willow tendons, forged bones!"
"Everyone, please listen to me!!"
"In the remaining month, everyone must help me advance to the ninth level of bone forging!"
"If you can't arrive, let's see how I deal with you!"
"yes!!"
The vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth was turbulent, and a total of twenty Black Ice Platform guards roared and beat each other crazily in the huge mud pit!
A brilliant stream of light bloomed. Looking at this group of black ice platform guards, Hongwu's eyes were gorgeous! !
The cultivation method given by the king was much better than they imagined! !
In just four months, he, Zhao Tuo and others had all risen to the level of the spiritual sea!
Even Yun Qingfeng, the leader of the Fengqing Sect, has reached the peak of foundation building!
After four months of practice, most of the current Black Ice Platform guards have entered the malleus realm of first-class masters!
In order to increase competition and pressure, in the past month, they divided the Black Ice Platform guards into five teams according to their respective training methods, with four guards responsible for each of the twenty.
The "Yin Yang Method" was repaired by Zhao Tuo, the "Three Pills Ancient Jue" was brought by Hong Wu, the "Hundred Poison Manual" was assigned to Yun Ye, and the black ice platform of "Zhong Lu Bao Dian" was in charge of Jiang Che.
As for the remaining twenty Black Ice Platform guards who have practiced the "Chang Ning Jue", they are led by Mud Monkey!
Because in the past four months, Mud Monkey has shown amazing talents!
Although it doesn't know any words, it can speak and is psychic. Apart from occasionally scratching its ears and squeaking, it is basically no different from humans!
Especially on the journey of cultivation, Mu Mu's talent is terrifying, almost making rapid progress!
He was obviously the last to cultivate, but his current cultivation level is already at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment, almost half a step into the realm of the spiritual sea!
Zhao Tuo and the others almost watched it reach a bottleneck every two days and a level every three days!
In just four short months, we have reached the Half-Step Spiritual Sea!
Although it has not yet broken through and has been stuck for a few days, according to the current trend, it is definitely possible to enter the spiritual sea realm in the remaining month!
This surprised Zhao Tuo and the other four people!
You must know that they cultivated so fast, but they ate the king's elixir, and this mud monkey didn't eat anything, just relying on his own hard training, he reached the half-step spiritual sea in four months. Realm, this cultivation talent is absolutely terrifying!
However, Zhao Tuo and others are quite pleased with the rapid progress of Mud Monkey!
Because according to the current intelligence, a war is definitely inevitable.
Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang have almost swallowed up the entire power of Xianyang.
By the time the construction of the ceremony on Taihua Mountain is almost completed, they will have almost swallowed up the power within Da Qin.
And this is the moment when the decisive battle begins!
Looking at the jungle in the distance and recalling the information he had read before, Hong Wu smiled and narrowed his eyes.
Not counting the king, they currently have four spirit sea realm qi refiners.
In another month, both Nihou and Yun Qingfeng may enter the spiritual sea realm.
In addition, there are dozens of Qi Refiners at the Foundation Establishment Realm.
This force is undoubtedly an absolutely terrifying and huge force!
Although he doesn't know how many trump cards Lu Buwei and Mrs. Huayang have, I'm afraid even if they are added together, they are far less powerful than they are today!
Poor Lu Buwei still doesn't know what he is going to face at this time, and is still immersed in the pursuit of power. Little does he know that in the face of absolute power, all means are futile after all!
Haha, let them continue chasing and watching the show.
When the construction of the Huashan Ceremony is completed, it will be the end of all this! !
Looking at Xianyang in the distance, Hongwu showed a ferocious smile.
And just when Hong Wu could no longer hold back any longer and couldn't wait for the grand ceremony to begin, a vague figure appeared next to him.
It was a slender man with a dark complexion named Jiang Che. He was one of the four great guards of Ying Zheng, a practitioner of the "Zhonglu Baodian" in the Linghai realm.
As soon as he arrived, Jiang Che laughed heartily.
"Hahaha! Lao Hong, let me tell you good news. A Foundation Establishment Realm has appeared in my team!"
"What?!"
Hong Wu suddenly came back from his reverie, his eyes widened, and he opened his mouth in disbelief.
"This is impossible!"
"Hehehe! It's not just me, there's also a Foundation Establishment Realm member in Mud Monkey's team." Jiang Che chuckled, and his figure disappeared in an instant.
Hong Wu suddenly clenched his fists, suddenly took another step into the quagmire, and roared!
"*!! Tonight, everyone will train twice as much!"
It's snowing heavily.
It seemed that even heaven and earth had sensed all this, and an invisible pressure spread among the Seven Kingdoms.
Countless people are watching Qin, waiting for the construction of the Taihua Ceremony to be completed.
In Da Qin, while Hong Wu and others took turns supervising the construction of the Taihua Ceremony, they also tried their best to practice hard according to everything recorded in the cultivation method, striving not to fall behind the other four teams.
in this tense atmosphere.
A month passed quietly.
When the first ray of sunshine in the fifth month falls on the earth and the dark clouds in the sky gradually disperse.
Zhao Tuo arrived at the Great Qin Qun Book Hall at some unknown time and spoke respectfully.
"Report to the king."
"The construction of many buildings on Taihua Mountain has been completed."
"The ceremony is ready, your Majesty is invited to come!"
(End of chapter)
